History, Best Places to Visit and Travel Guide of Giridih, Major Pilgrimage Center of Jharkhand, India
Giridih, one of the most famous pilgrimage site for Jain community across the world is district headquarter of Giridih district of Jharkhand, India. The word Giridih is combination of two word, Giri and dih where Giri means hill and dih means land of thus literal meaning of Giridih is Land of Hill. Giridih city was previously part of the Hazaribagh district and located in Chota Nagpur Plateau. The entire region is covered by lush green dense forest vegetation and hills. In 1972, Giridih became the district and carved out from Hazaribagh.
Giridih houses the well-known and holiest site of Jainism, the Parasnath hill also called the Sammed Shikharji. The hill is nam
